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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1240 AM MST THU MAR 23 2006

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         54    502 PM  70    1939  51      3       40       
  MINIMUM         29    713 AM   4    1966  29      0       26       
  AVERAGE         42                        40      2       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.36 1920   0.03  -0.03     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.69   0.05     0.72    
  SINCE OCT 1      6.62                      5.46   1.16     2.80    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.52  -0.18     1.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    5.0                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      9.8                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     21.3                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        25     -2       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  663                       623     40      527       
  SINCE MAR 1    663                       623     40      527       
  SINCE JUL 1   5934                      6235   -301     5836       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        71      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        -1      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MARCH 23 2006.........SUNRISE   633 AM MST   SUNSET   653 PM MST   
MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE   631 AM MST   SUNSET   655 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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